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Our best UCLA Health stories of 2022
Writers of the UCLA Health Content Team share their most powerful, informative, uplifting stories of the year.
December 12, 2022
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9 min read
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UCLA Health voted among California’s best in class at the 2022 WebMD Choice Awards
UCLA Health has been recognized as a recipient of the WebMD Choice Awards for excellence in five specialties: Oncology, Cardiology, Orthopaedics, Neurology and Gastroenterology. This is the only hospital-recognition program based solely on the preferences and perceptions of patients and physicians on a local level.
December 8, 2022
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4 min read
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UCLA Health selects construction team for neuropsychiatric hospital project
UCLA Health has selected a team of experts to transform a former medical center into a state-of-the-art neuropsychiatric hospital that will help address the region’s unmet need for behavioral health services.
November 30, 2022
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2 min read
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UCLA Health Recognized at the 2022 eHealthcare Leadership Awards
UCLA Health is a winner in 11 categories from the 2022 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.
November 30, 2022
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3 min read
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UCLA Health and Hearst Health Announce Winner of the 2022 Hearst Health Prize
The UCLA Center for SMART Health, an interdisciplinary collaborative that looks to the integrated transformation of healthcare through emergent data and technologies, and Hearst Health, a division of Hearst and leader in care guidance, yesterday announced that Constant Therapy Health is the winner of the 2022 Hearst Health Prize.
November 2, 2022
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3 min read
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New onset chronic kidney disease in people with diabetes highest among ethnic, racial minorities
New onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people with diabetes is highest among racial and ethnic minority groups compared with white persons
October 28, 2022
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3 min read
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CIRM grant will help expand patients’ access to UCLA clinical trials for stem cell, gene therapies
A five-year, $8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will enable UCLA stem cell scientists to include a wider cross-section of Los Angeles’ diverse population in potentially lifesaving medical research.
October 27, 2022
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3 min read
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With $7M grant from NIH, UCLA scientists to study if brain stimulation during sleep can bolster memory
New research will aim to identify electrical activity occurring as the brain receives information and then test whether targeted, gentle electrical stimulation can strengthen memory.
October 27, 2022
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4 min read
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Staff dog joins care team at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Isha, the new pediatric facility pooch, is already brightening spirits
October 26, 2022
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3 min read
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UCLA post-doctoral scholar receives award to search for genetic clues to predict prostate cancer aggressiveness
Roni Haas, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Paul Boutros has received the 2022 Todd Boehly-PCF Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The award will support Haas’s prostate cancer research project, Associating Germline Variants with Prostate Tumor Evolution and Lethality, at total of $225,000 over three years.
October 26, 2022
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2 min read
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Telehealth follow-up associated with increased returns and hospitalizations after emergency department visit
Telehealth follow-up consultations following an emergency department visit were associated with 28 more repeat ED encounters and nearly 11 more return hospital admissions per 1000 patients compared with in-person follow-ups.
October 25, 2022
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3 min read
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Antigen testing for COVID can be a useful tool for healthcare systems’ return-to-work guidance
About 60% of healthcare workers participating in an optional rapid antigen testing program at UCLA tested positive at day five, and about 50% were positive at day seven after initially testing positive for COVID-19 with a PCR test. The results indicated those with positive tests were more likely to be infectious and were not allowed to return to work until after 10 days of isolation.
October 19, 2022
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3 min read
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Healthy Lifestyle
Dr. Arleen Brown elected to the U.S National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Arleen Brown, professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.
October 17, 2022
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3 min read
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Michael Grunstein awarded the 2022 Albany Prize
Michael Grunstein, distinguished professor emeritus of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been awarded the 2022 Albany Prize for his groundbreaking research on gene expression. He shares the award with C. David Allis of Rockefeller University in New York.
October 13, 2022
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3 min read
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Researchers say brain images plus artificial intelligence may diagnose sleep apnea faster than current methods
A combination of brain imaging data and machine learning can accurately diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) significantly faster than the standard methods now in use that are complex, costly, time-consuming, and can delay crucial treatment.
October 12, 2022
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4 min read
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Diana Ramirez is breaking barriers - with honors - for herself and her community
Ramirez’s award-winning research examines palliative care access among Latinos.
October 12, 2022
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3 min read
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Doing work that 'transcends the health system'
Chief strategy officer at UCLA Health talks baseball, behavioral health and belonging to a ‘classic Chicano’ family.
October 10, 2022
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3 min read
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Low-income charter school graduates had lower rates of problematic substance use as young adults, UCLA research suggests
An 8-year study of nearly 1300 low-income adolescents in Los Angeles found that students who attended high performing charter high schools were much less likely to engage in risky substance use by the time they reached age 21. Also, males who attended the high-performing schools had better physical health and lower obesity rates as young adults while females had substantially worse outcomes in those two areas.
October 6, 2022
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4 min read
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Gut bacteria may contribute to susceptibility to HIV infection, UCLA-led research suggests
New UCLA-led research suggests certain gut bacteria -- including one that is essential for a healthy gut microbiome – differ between people who go on to acquire HIV infection compared to those who have not become infected.
September 29, 2022
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3 min read
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Two early cancer detection programs boosted by renewed NCI grants
The National Cancer Institute has renewed funding for two collaborative programs through which UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are developing new biomarkers for earlier detection and more effective treatment of cancers. The grants are part of the NCI's Early Detection Research Network.
September 26, 2022
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3 min read